Re: svn cat doesn't work on moved files

> Lets try again
>
> rev X: wc/foo contains text "foo"
> wc/bar contains text "bar"
>
> rev X+1: mv wc/foo wc/zig
> mv wc/bar wc/zag
> commit
>
> rev X+2: mv wc/zig wc/bar
> mv wc/zag wc/foo
> commit
> wc/foo contains text "bar"
> wc/bar contains text "foo"
>
> So the working copy contains wc/foo at rev X+2 with contents "bar".
> When I run 'svn cat -rX wc/foo' do I get contents "foo" or contents
> "bar"?

seems there was a slight misunderstanding.
lets make it clear:

svn cat -rX+2 wc/foo
would output "bar"

svn cat -rX+1 wc/foo
would output "bar"

svn cat -rX wc/foo
would output "bar"

since the file itself didn't change in all revisions, only the name of the
file.

Stefan

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Received on Thu Mar 27 23:08:06 2003